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The HARTLEY FAMILY of CHORLTON in LANCASHIRE
Descendants from Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, Yorkshire and Cumberland
The distinguished HARTLEY Families of Chorlton, and descendants, contribute
several members of the HARTLEY Hall of Fame, notably: Doctor David Hartley
MD FRS [1705-1757] English
Metaphysician, Psychologist and Philosopher; his son David HARTLEY
MP [1731-1813]; Robert Milham HARTLEY [1796-1881] Philanthropist and
Woollen Manufacturer; Marcellus HARTLEY [1827-1902] Manufacturer of
Guns; Marcellus HARTLEY DODGE [1881-1963]; The Hartley Farms.
Here follows what is known of the Decendants of The Hartley Family of
Chorlton.The work is ongoing and incomplete. *Special thanks to Alan Ross
Brossoie and family for contributing so much information, family trees
and photographs, on the James HARTLEY-Robert Milham HARTLEY Families.
Chorlton
is also referred to as Chorlton-cum-Hardy and is now a suburb of the City
of Manchester, Lancashire. Chorlton is thought to be derived from Ceorl,
perhaps named after King Ceorl, or from the Saxon meaning Freeman or Common
man [see Alderman Ceorl of Devonshire; Ceolwulf, King of Mercia and Kent;
King of Northumberland; King of Wessex; King of Denmark; Ceorl, Ceolwulf's
brother, King of Mercia]. The names Carl, Karl and Charles are also thought
to come from Ceorl. Ceolfrith was an Abbot at the time of Bede c.650-750.
Hardy is thought to refer to 'Hearda's Island', south of Chorlton,
which hartleyfamilyorguk believes was actually 'Hertha's Island', derived
from the Earth Goddess, Hertha, and so is connected with the origins of
the surname, HARTLEY [see: Who are the HARTLEYs?].
Hearda's Island would have been a 30 metres high, level area of land,
surrounded by marshland, the Eeas, often flooded by the River Mersey.
Today's Chorlton and Hardy both stand on raised areas, divided by a stream
that runs into the Mersey. In the Textus Roffensis, HARTLEY is referred
to as HERDIE, which hartleyfamilyorguk believes became Hardy in the place-name,
Chorlton-cum-Hardy [or Chorlton-with-Hardy].
So in this context, the surname HARTLEY is derived from 'Heardanleah',
from 'Hertha's Island' in the North of England; in the same way HARTLEY
is derived from the 'Isle of Harty ['Hertha's Island'], on the Isle of
Sheppey' in Kent, the South of England. The Earth Goddess Hertha would
have been worshipped on both islands in the same way as she was worshipped
on the Island of Rügen in the Baltic. Hertha was brought to England by
Germanic-Saxons.
In Domesday, HARTLEY is recorded as ERCLEI and hartleyfamilyorguk believes
this lead to the surnames De HARCLA, HARCLAY etc., both earlier versions
of the surname HARTLEY.
It is interesting to note, off Hardy Lane at Chorlton-cum-Hardy is Cundiff
Road; this could be corrupted from CUNDLIFF, a surname linked to the HARTLEY
Family at Wycoller Hall [see HARTLEY
History page].
> Henry HARTLEY
[b.c.1540] b.Lancashire?
the family is descended from the 'Hartley Families of Chorlton'
so it may be that Henry HARTLEY was born in Chorlton, Lancashire.
>{ Henry HARTLEY [b.c.1514 Northowram,
Yorkshire] m.Elizabeth BOYTHES 03 OCT 1539 Yorkshire
>{ Henry born to Henry HARTLEY and Elizabeth BOYTHES 21 MAY 1543 Northowram,
Yorkshire
> Henry born to John HARTLEY 24 JAN 1539/1540 Ovenden, Halifax, Yorkshire
> Henry HARTLEY [born
to George] m.Alice HURSTWOOD 09 FEB 1562 Burnley, Lancashire
>{ Henry born to Robert HARTLEY [m.Janet PEELE 1574] 09 APR 1566 Dalton
In Furness, Lancashire
>{ Henry HARTLEY m.Elizabeth YEATE 26 NOV 1589 Dalton In Furness, Lancashire
> Henry born to James HARTLEY 19 MAR 1572 Burnley, Lancashire
> Henry HARTLEY m.Jane RAMSDEN 07 JUL 1578 Elland, Yorkshire
> Henry HARTLEY m.Janet WOOD 09 AUG 1581 Whalley, Colne, Lancashire
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there are a lot of HARCLAY and HARCLEY families around Yorkshire and Lancashire
c.16th-17thC, thought to be another spelling of HARTLEY
>{ eldest son: Anthony HARTLEY [b.c.1570] [birth unconfirmed]
> Christopher born to a Henry HARTLEY 14 AUG/SEPT 1567 Halifax, Yorkshire
> Henry HARTLEY d.17 FEB 1578 Halifax, Yorkshire
> Anthony HARTLEY [b.c.1570] b.Lancashire?
>{ Anthony born to John HARTLEY 20 OCT 1571 Burnley, Lancashire
>{ eldest son, first in descent:
Christopher HARTLEY [thought to be b.c.1600]
>{ another son [line of second and third in descent] [thought to be
b.c.1610]
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Christopher HARTLEY [b.c.1600] >{daughter [b.c.1630] - married, unable to inherit Christopher's estate |
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unknown male HARTLEY [b.c.1610] > There may have been another son of Anthony, the father of Anthony's 'second in descent'. |
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daughter HARTLEY [b.c.1630] Christopher's line ends. |
> unknown male HARTLEY [b.c.1640] Anthony's 'second in descent'. |
> Christopher's estate was diverted to Rev.David HARTLEY [b.c.1674] as he was Anthony's 'third in descent'. But what was meant by 'third in descent from Anthony' ? was Rev.David, Anthony's great-grandson, Christopher's great-nephew, descended through another of Anthony's sons?
The case for Rev.David being Anthony's great-grandson follows: another son born to an Anthony c.1610; he would have been Christopher's brother; this second son may have had a son [second in descent from Anthony] who was Rev.David's father; so Rev.David's lineage could have been: Anthony b.c.1570 > Second son b.c.1610 > unknown son b.c.1640 > Rev.David b.1674,hence Rev.David was Anthony's great-grandson, Christopher's great-nephew.
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John born to an Anthony HARTLEY 05 JUN 1631 Gisburn, Yorkshire
> Christopher born to an Anthony HARTLEY 01 JAN 1642/1643 Gisburn,
Bolton in Bowland,Yorkshire
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David born to a Soloman HARTLEY 22 JUL 1655 Halifax, Elland, Yorkshire
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David born to a Christopher HARTLEY 23 JUL 1661 Halifax, Yorkshire.
> David born to a Francis HARTLEY and Mary 16
MAR 1665 Baildon, Yorkshire
> David born to a John 27 JUN 1669 Bradford, Yorkshire [a David m.Alice
POLLARD 24 JAN 1689 Bradford, Yorkshire]
> David born to a Thomas HARTLEY 03 NOV 1682 Bradford, Yorkshire [a
David m.Dorothy WILSON 27 OCT 1703 Bradford, Yorkshire]
> Mary was born to a Christopher HARTLEY 09 AUG 1709 Heptonstall, Yorkshire.
> there are a lot of HARCLAY
and HARCLEY families around Yorkshire and Lancashire c.16th-17thC, thought
to be another spelling of HARTLEY
> Rev.David HARTLEY, [b.1674-1720] [birth unconfirmed] Anthony's 'third in descent'.
David HARTLEY was a Lincoln College,
Oxford University graduate. From October 1693, he began teaching at the
newly built Rev.Oliver Heywood School [Bell School] at Northowram Green,
Halifax.
Next, he was the Vicar at Luddenden [1698-1702] and the Vicar at Illingworth
[1704-1717]. In his last years he became, and is best remembered as, the
Vicar at Armley [1717-1720].
David married Everelda WADSWORTH on 12 May 1702. Everilda WADSWORTH was born 02 FEB 1676 at Elland, Yorkshire [her father was Timothy WADSWORTH [1646-1697], an Attorney at Rastrick who lived at Brearley Old Hall*, Luddendenfoot with his wives, Elizabeth, and Susannah HARRISON m.1677. In 1684, Timothy built the stone bridge at County Bridge, Mytholmroyd.]. Two of Everelda's sisters were Anne, and Elizabeth b.14 NOV 1689 Elland, Yorkshire; Anne is thought to have married John BROOKSBANK on 02 AUG 1679 Northowram And Coley-Nc, Northowram, Yorkshire; Elizabeth married Mr WOODHEAD and Mr STEEL. Both sisters lived at Brearley Mill, where Rev.David's children were later brought up [see below].
*Brearley Old Hall and Brearley Mill were in Erringden Deer Park [Heptonstall Park] founded c.1300 by the Earls of Warren, to breed deer for hunting in the Forest of Sowerbyshire. [see: Roebucks, Buckstones, Deerstones, Doestones] A fence and ditch remained around the Park until 1449 when Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York [1411-1460) the father of Edward IV and Richard III. As Lord of the Manor, Richard ordered the fence and ditch to be taken down and the land turned into tenanted farmland. A bell was used to call deer for feeding, giving the name to Bell House on Cragg Vale Moor, which was rented to William HARTLEY [see William's son, 'King' David HARTLEY the Cragg Vale Coiners]. William's other sons were William HARTLEY at Erringden, Isaac HARTLEY at Elphaborough Hall. See also Hoo Hole Water Mill [corn/fulling], Luddendenfoot, Mytholmroyd and Sowerby Ramble. John Wesley visited the area and preached beneath a chestnut tree that is believed to still grow there.
David and Everelda lived at Threapcroft
House, Illingworth [built 17th].
Everelda died on 14 SEP 1705, three months after the birth of David.
>{ James HARTLEY [b.c.1703]
[birth unconfirmed] [see below]
>{ David HARTLEY
b.June 1705 [see below]
after Everald's death, both sons were brought up by Mrs
[Anne] BROOKSBANK at Brearley Mill.
After Everelda's death, David married Sarah WILKINSON on 25 MAY 1707 Northowram And Coley-Nc, Northowram, Yorkshire, the daughter of Rev.Edward WILKINSON [and wife, thought to have been Mary AMBLER]. Rev.Edward was David's predecessor at Illingworth Church. Sarah was born 25 APR 1671 at Calverley, Yorkshire. David and Sarah had four children:
>{ Bernard b.c.1708
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English
Metaphysician, Psychologist and Philosopher.
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David HARTLEY MD FRS
[1705-1757] David
HARTLEY was married twice. The first time in 1730 to Alice ROWLEY,
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James
HARTLEY [b.c.1703-17__]
After his mother's death, he and David were brought up at Brearley Mill by their aunt, Mrs Anne BROOKSBANK nee WADSWORTH
may have m.Esther HUNTINGDON on 26 MAY 1729 Holy Trinity, Whitehaven
> Esther
HARTLEY had the following children baptised at Independant, Cockermouth,
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David HARTLEY MP [1731-1813]
was born at Bath, Somerset
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Winchcombe Henry HARTLEY [17__-1794] was Colonel of the Royal Gloucestershire Militia, and MP for the County of Berkshire in the Parliaments of 1774-80-90. He was married to Ann BLACKWELL in 1787 and died in 1794.
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HARTLEY [1736-1803] all children baptised at Independant, Cockermouth, Cumberland >{ Martha
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son
of the Metaphysician, Psychologist and Philosopher David HARTLEY
[above], David lived at Little Sodbury House and later had homes
at 20 Golden Square, London [1767-demolished in 1786], which he
rented from his close relation Lady Frances Winchcombe, as well
as an office for the commercial exploitation of his inventions on
the opposite side of the square at No. 1, and a warehouse at Adelphi
Wharf.. He also owned the Manor at East Shefford, which he bought
from his half-brother, Winchcombe Henry HARTLEY in 1777, who bought
it back in 1787 before passing it on to his son, Rev. Winchcombe
Henry Howard HARTLEY.
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Winchcombe Henry Howard HARTLEY [178_-1832] Rev. Hartley married to Elizabeth WATTS on 21st August 1809 [her father was Samuel WATTS of Williamstrip Park, Gloucester] and died 9th September 1832, leaving a son >{ Winchcombe
Henry Howard HARTLEY [1810-1881] [see below] |
Isaac HARTLEY
[1765-1851] first four children baptised
at Independant, Cockermouth, Cumberland >{ Martha
HARTLEY b.16 FEB 1789 m.Alexander FERGUSON |
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During the 1760's David gained recognition as a scientist and, through mutual interests, became an intimate friend of Benjamin FRANKLIN.
On Putney Heath, to the south of Putney, is an obelisk erected by the corporation of London, with an inscription commemorating the experiments made in 1776, by David, which appeared to prove the efficacy of a method of building houses fire-proof, for the trial of which he had in 1774 obtained a grant from parliament of £2500.
This metallic lining made the floor air-tight, and thereby stopped the heated air; so that, although the inferior boards were actually charred, the less inflammable material of metal prevented the process of combustion from taking place in the superior boards. |
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Robert Milham HARTLEY [1796-1881] Philanthropist and Woollen Manufacturer. His
parents were Isaac HARTLEY and Isabella JOHNSON. Robert Milham HARTLEY
was born 17th February 1796 at Cockermouth, Cumbria. Robert emigrated to the USA as an infant in 1799 and became a Merchant in New York City
In 1829 he founded the New York City Temperance Society, and in
1833-1842 held its Secretaryship. In 1842 he originated the New
York Association for improving the condition of the poor, remaining
with it thirty-five years, and issuing 34 octavo volumes of reports.
Various charitable institutions in New York had their origin in
him. Besides numerous contributions to the press, he published "Historical,
Scientific, and Practical Essay on Milk" [New York 1841] and "Intemperance
in Cities and Large Towns" [1851] >{ Isabella
HARTLEY b.09 FEB 1826 m.John SHERWOOD |
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These sheets of iron or copper were not thicker than tinfoil, yet when interposed between the double set of boards, and deprived of air, they effectually stopped the progress of the fire.
The invention, however, seems to have sunk entirely into obscurity. In practice, it seems to have had little effect at preventing the spread of fire in other buildings where it had been installed.
David entered Parliament as MP for Hull, East Yorkshire in 1774 and sat until 1780 and again from 1782 to 1784.
David was sympathetic tothe Rockingham Whigs, although he did not hold office in either Rockingham ministry. He was expert in public finance and opposed both the slave trade and the war with the American colonies In 1778 he wrote a pamphlet "Letters on the American War" which accused Great Britain of tyranny over the colonies, urged recognition of American independence, and proposed 'mutual naturalization' between the two countries. Although a liberal on American policy, David was a long-time friend of NORTH and strongly disliked SHELBURNE. He supported the Coalition by voting against Shelburne's peace preliminaries. David was sent to Paris in April, 1783, to negotiate the definitive "Treaty of Paris" with the United States and to make a trade agreement. |
Marcellus
HARTLEY [1827-1902] Marcellus died on 8th January 1902 1880 Census: Norman White DODGE was born 24 November 1846, the son of Hon.William Earl DODGE and Melissa PHELPS.Norman m.Grace GILLET c.1871 [she died] and then m.Emma HARTLEY, daughter of Marcellus HARTLEY on 6 MAY 1880 >{Caroline
Jenkins HARTLEY [d.infant] |
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Rev.Isaac Smithson HARTLEY [1830-1899]
Isaac was born 24 September 1830 in New York City. His parents were Robert Milham HARTLEY and Catherine MUNSON.
He graduated at New York University in 1852 and at Andover theological seminary in 1856.
After extensive travels he became pastor of the Union Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, in 1861.
Seven years later he removed to Philadelphia to become a Pastor in that city, and in 1871 he accepted the pastorate of the Reformed Christ Church at Utica, New York; later Rector of St James Episcopal Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
He received in 1873 from Rutgers the degree of D. D., and the same year founded at that college the Vedder lectureship on modern infidelity, and published under its auspices "Prayer and its Relation to Modern Thought and Criticism" [New York, 1874]. His other works are " History of the Reformed Church, Utica, New York " [1880]; "Memorial of Reverend Philip H. Fowler, D. D. " (New York, 1881); " Memorial of Robert Milham Hartley" [Utica, 1881] ; "Old Fort Schuyler in History" [1884] ; and "The Twelve Gates," poems [Utica, 1887]. Rev.Isaac d.3 JUL 1899 Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
1880
Census:
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The Treaty was signed on 3rd September 1783. Featured in the picture [with David HARTLEY not yet painted in on the right] are John ADAMS, Benjamin FRANKLIN, John JAY, Henry LAURENS and William Temple FRANKLIN [the latter two were omitted from commemorative stamps]
A 20 cents US postage stamp in 1996, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the "Treaty of Paris" [1783], which marked the formal end of the US independence from Great Britain.
He died at Bath, Somerset on 19th December 1813.
On Putney Heath is an obelisk erected by the Corporation of London, in 1776, commemorating David HARTLEY's experiments. Belvedere, where the Hartleys lived, is described as a "most beautiful spot, upon a high hill, at one of the extremities of the town of Bath, commanding an enchanting view of the Avon and all the surrounding country". |
Emma
HARTLEY >{ Marcellus HARTLEY DODGE Snr. b.28 FEB 1881 New York City Emma died 3 March 1881 a few
days after her son's birth. Marcellus
HARTLEY DODGE [1881-1963] Marcellus was the Chairman of the Board of Remington Arms Company, the greatest small arms and ammunition plant in the world. He was a close friend of President Dwight D Eisenhower. He lived in Hartley House, located at Spring Valley Road on Hartley Farms in Harding Township, New Jersey.
The
Marcellus Hartley Dodge Award is bestowed in his honour.
>[ Marcellus HARTLEY DODGE Jnr. b.1908 New York City [see below] |
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Isaac HARTLEY [1804-18__] Isaac
was born in 1804. His parents were
Isaac HARTLEY and Isabella JOHNSON and he was the brother of Robert
Milham HARTLEY [1796-1881] [see above]. >{ Martha HARTLEY b.1838
Robert
Milham HARTLEY [1851-1945] |
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Marcellus
HARTLEY DODGE [1908-1930] see
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